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NASA’s Chandra Releases Deep Cut From Catalog of Cosmic Recordings
NASA’s Chandra Releases Deep Cut From Catalog of Cosmic Recordings NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has released an updated version of its cosmic recording catalog, known as the Chandra Source Catalog (CSC) 2.1, which contains over 400,000 unique sources and 1.3 million individual detections. The CSC is a treasure trove of information gathered from Chandra’s observations, […]
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X-ray Clues Reveal Destroyed Planet
X-ray Clues Reveal Destroyed Planet In about 5 billion years, our Sun will run out of fuel and expand, possibly engulfing Earth. These end stages of a star’s life can be utterly beautiful – as is the case with this planetary nebula called the Helix Nebula. Astronomers study these objects by looking at all kinds […]
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